Lost In The Electricity

A city trailing far behind

Four pillars holding up the sky

An industry of minor theft

Leaving the have-nots out to dry

Lost in the electricity

A beggar’s son at the baron’s feet

If you can’t make it to the end

Then what’s the cost of anything?

We’re all victims of the system

Doesn’t matter where you go

All the violets on the highway

Are your lungs paved with gold

Or are they lined with coal?

Watching your family slowly die

You’re leaving early to say goodbye

A history of land disputes

A railroad built on telling lies

Oasis at the corner bar

Asylum at the church bazaar

It pulls you back, the guilt and shame

And leaves you the numbing rain

We’re all victims of the system

Doesn’t matter where you go

All the violets on the highway

Are your lungs paved with gold

Or are they lined with coal?

Lost in the electricity

A beggar’s son at the baron’s feet

If you can’t make it to the end

Then what’s the cost of anything?